五毛

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Chinese

five 1/10th of a yuan (元 (yuán)); ten fen (分 (fēn))
simp. and trad.
(五毛) 		五 毛
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Etymology

From rumors alleging that shills hired by the Chinese government receive 50 cents for every pro-government post they post on the internet.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 五 毛 毛
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 豪 (89) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) I I I
Fanqie 疑古切 莫袍切 莫報切
Baxter nguX maw mawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋuoX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋuoX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋoX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋɔX/ /maw/ /mawH/
Li
Rong 		/ŋoX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Wang
Li 		/ŋuX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋuoX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wǔ máo mào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ng5 mou4 mou6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 五 毛
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wǔ máo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nguX › ‹ maw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.ŋˁaʔ/ /*C.mˁaw/
English five hair

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 五 毛 毛
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 13147 8780 8791
Phonetic
component 		五 毛 毛
Rime
group 		魚 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision 		0 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		五 毛 冃
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋaːʔ/ /*maːw/ /*maːws/

Noun

五毛

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 五 (wǔ),‎ 毛 (máo).
  2. (neologism, derogatory) shill of the Communist Party of China; wumao
  3. (neologism, derogatory, chiefly) supporter of the Communist Party of China

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: wumao
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